The magnet system of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)

Author

Greene, A. ; Anerella, M. ; Cozzolino, J. ; Escallier, J. ; Fisher, D. ; Ganetis, G. ; Ghosh, A. ; Gupta, R. ; Jain, A. ; Kahn, S. ; Kelly, E. ; Lebel, R. ; Morgan, G. ; Morgillo, A. ; Mulhall, S. ; Muratore, J. ; Plate, S. ; Prodell, A. ; Rehak, M. ; Sam

Author_Institution

Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

Volume

32

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2041

Lastpage

2046

Abstract

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider now under construction at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a colliding ring accelerator to be completed in 1999. Through collisions of heavy ions it is hoped to observe the creation of matter at extremely high temperatures and densities, similar to what may have occurred in the original “Big Bang”. The collider rings will consist of 1740 superconducting magnet elements. Some of these elements are being manufactured by industrial partners (Northrop Grumman and Everson Electric). Others are being constructed or assembled at BNL. A description is given of the magnet designs, the plan for manufacturing and test results. In the manufacturing of the magnets, emphasis has been placed on uniformity of their performance and on quality. Results so far indicate that this emphasis has been very successful

Keywords

accelerator magnets; colliding beam accelerators; ion accelerators; storage rings; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; RHIC; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; colliding ring accelerator; superconducting magnet elements; test results; Accelerator magnets; Apertures; Costs; Ion accelerators; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Plasma accelerators; Plasma temperature; Proton accelerators; Superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.508563

Filename

508563